a great stepping stone for the Ministry to come up with its first ever major national policy document.

This crisis, too, can be a stepping stone for a long term political solution involving all parties in the Middle East.

Who knows? The result may yet turn out to be a stepping stone towards an effective state that deserves international recognition.

That award comes at a crucial moment in Chinese politics, as it may well become a stepping stone on China s long march toward greater freedom.

The Book of Optics was an important stepping stone in the history of the scientific method and history of optics.

In view of these factors, cyberwarfare may well become the stepping stone of military interstate conflicts in the near future.

These two regions have now proclaimed their independence, and Moscow has given its blessing to a secession that is likely to be the stepping stone to incorporation by Russia.

The first seven Millennium Development Goals present measurable goals, while the eighth lists a number of 'stepping stone' goals ways in which progress towards the first seven goals could be made.

And Chinese companies land purchases in Iceland have been so extensive as to fuel local paranoia, with some investment plans blocked for fear that they might be a stepping stone to a Chinese military presence.

Moreover, New START is a necessary stepping stone to future negotiations with Russia about reductions in tactical nuclear arsenals, and a prerequisite for the successful revival of the Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE).

It is for this reason that, while Nigeria welcomes the Declaration for now, it cannot help but see it as only a stepping stone to a comprehensive convention on the total banning of human cloning.

So, it's very indiscernible, but it's actually a continuous stair stepping.

Australia is stepping up its regional outreach efforts.

Steinstossen is the Swiss variant of stone put, a competition in throwing a heavy stone.

Some countries are already stepping up to the challenge.

Happily, we see that leadership is stepping forward forcefully.

A stone does not float.

Stepping off the plane at Xieng Khuang province we were in a very rural area.

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation he that believeth shall not make haste.

It concludes with recommendations for improving and stepping up policy.

Now, please consider from this day and backward, before a stone was laid on a stone in Yahweh's temple.

He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose.

As a result, masses of people that wanted to use Dijibouti as a stepping stone to the Middle East are now piling up in the country with nowhere to go. Faced with excessive crowding and a poor economy, Djibouti, a key node in the fight against jihadism, might collapse if the foreign forces stationed there fail to act.

So, before stepping down, Mahathir went so far as to declare Malaysia a de facto Muslim state.

Stone

I have a stone in my shoe.

Stone adopted her second son, Laird Vonne Stone, in 2005, and her third son, Quinn Kelly Stone, in 2006.

In fact, stepping out of one s comfort zone may offer significant benefits.

A stone tool is, in the most general sense, any tool made either partially or entirely out of stone.

As one Indian family described their visit to McDonald s, it was stepping out for a slice of America.

having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, as if it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal

Having the glory of God and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal

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They shall not take of you a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations but you shall be desolate for ever, says Yahweh.

And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.

Rajesh Rao A Rosetta Stone for the Indus script

You throw everything else away. You become a monomaniac all you care about is not stepping out on that platform.

It is significant that Bernanke will be stepping down at the beginning of 2014.

And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD

The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.

Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

So these 99 stones, a few kind of rules in the game Number one, you don't choose the stone the stone chooses you.

They have now joined a highly publicized lawsuit against the school, stepping into the light of day under their own names.

Europe and Japan can increase their growth by stepping up the pace of structural reform.

In this case, the driver stepping on the brake will give the passengers more confidence.